Incident Date:
November 19, 1977
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Universal Proutist Revolutionary Front (UPRF)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/19/1977: The Indian High Commission based in Ottawa was firebombed. Members of the Universal Proutist Revolutionary Front (UPRF) were likely linked to the attack. The UPRF was thought to be associated with the Indian Ananda Marg religious movement. During November, Indian missions in Kuala Lumpur, Katmandu, Hong Kong, New York, Washington, Paris, and Stockholm were threatened by the UPRF, who was demanding the release from Indian prison of the leader of the Ananda Marg sect. The UPRF or Ananda Marg were also implicated or suspected in bomb attacks on the Indian mission in Katmandu and on an Air India office in Kuala Lumpur."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 184."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 7.
3) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 156"
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